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c:t
owhi
chext
entcanwequal
i
fymoder
nAmer
icanpoet
ryt
obear
evol
uti
onar
ypoet
ry?

Moder
nAmeri
canpoet
ryi
sapoet
rypr
oducedbyAmeri
canpoet
saf t
ert
heSecondWor
ldWar
andt
heGr
eatDepr
essi
on,
whosepur
posewasthesear
chofauniquest
yle.

Itl
ooksl i
kear ev
oluti
onarypoetr
ybecausether
eisar upt
urewit
htradi
ti
on.Thispoet
ry
f
eaturesadi sr
uptedsyntax;t
her
ei sal
sonorespectoftheuseofrhymes,r
hythm (
aesthet
ic
v
alues);breakwithromanticpi
eti
esandcli
ché.

I
tisar
evol
uti
onar
ypoet
ryi
ncompar
isonwi
thRomant
ici
sm/
romant
icpoet
ry.

Iti
sj ust
ifi
edbythefactromant
icpoetr
ywasf ocusedonsubl
i
mat i
onwher
eas,t
heI
ndust
ri
al
Revoluti
onandthetwoWor ldWarsbroughtaboutchaosi
nsociet
y,so,
moder
npoet
ssetup
tocreateapoetr
ythatfit
switht
hesocialcontext
.

Someoft
hemostsi
gni
fi
cantex
ampl
esar
e:

otTheLov
 T.S.El
i eSongofJAl
fr
edPr
ufr
ock;
TheWast
eLand

 EzaPoundI
r nast
ati
onoft
heMet
ro;
theCant
os

 Rober ostABoy
tFr ’sWi
l
l;Nor
thofBost
on

 Wal
l
aceSt
evens

Si
gnat
ure

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